Leo J. GUERIN

BENNINGTON, VT - Leo J. Guerin Sr., 92, died Monday February 21, 2005, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington.He was the widower of Agnes H. Dernoga Guerin. Born Monday, August 12, 1912, in Cohoes, he was the son of Rock and Anesi Fife Guerin.He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946.Leo worked as a carpenter in the Tri-Cities area. In 1950, he bought a dairy farm in West Hoosick and eventually gave up carpentry. He farmed until the early 1980s and lived in West Hoosick until 2002, when he moved to Cambridge and lived with his daughter. He moved to the Vermont Veterans Home last July.Survivors include three daughters, Anise Burke of Stillwater, Michelle Rouse of Cambridge and Nina Leffler of Grafton; a son, Leo Guerin Jr. of Hoosick Falls; a sister, Margarete Guerin of Troy; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.Friends and relatives are invited to call on Friday, February 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Ackley & Ross Funeral Home, 73 West Main St. in Cambridge. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, February 26, at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, 17 South Park St., Cambridge. Burial will follow at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Waterford.The family requests memorial donations be made to the Vermont Veterans Home, 425 North St., Bennington, VT 05201, or St. Patrick's Church.